Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 4
By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend:
Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR drilled 11,150 meters in January 2017, as compared to 9,810 meters in January 2016, SOCAR said in a message posted on its website.
All amount of the drilling operations accounted for production drilling.
In January 2016, SOCAR commission six new wells.
The company drilled 105,250 meters in 2016, as compared to 104,410 meters in 2015.
SOCAR includes such production associations as Azneft (the enterprises producing oil and gas onshore and offshore), Azerikimya (the chemical enterprises) and Azerigas (distributes gas produced in the country), as well as oil and gas processing plants, service companies, and the facilities involved in geophysical and drilling operations.
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